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this knowingly ironic cover sits well alongside the sumner/marr compositions on twisted tenderness, and is lent further continuity by being intoned in the final song flicker. bernard: “it was arthur baker’s idea to do the blind faith track. to be honest, i’d never heard of them. when electronic first formed, we were called a ‘blind faith for the nineties’. and then every interview we did, the journalist would say, ‘so you’re a supergroup?’ we’d say, ‘we’re not a supergroup, right?’ we spent the past five years denying we’re a supergroup and then we end up doing a cover version, the first one i’ve ever done, by blind faith — who are a supergroup!” despite the cultural significance of the 1969 recording, electronic’s version is superior, with a stronger guitar line and more melodic intent in the choruses.